Lewis v. Hanson

Wolcott, Justice:

This appeal involves two fundamental questions : (1) Whether a purported inter vivos trust and the exercise of a power of appointment under it are valid or invalid; and (2) whether the parties may litigate the question of validity in a Delaware co-urt because of an adverse adjudication upon the point by a Florida court.

The action below, commenced by Elizabeth Donner Hanson 1 as the Florida executrix of the settlor’s will and, also, in her capacity as trustee under the residuary clause of that will, seeks a declaratory judgment establishing the persons entitled to $417,000…